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It All Came True

1940 · 97 min

A breezy, good-natured old-Hollywood charmer that mixes gangster menace with boarding-house warmth and musical numbers.

Directed by
Lewis Seiler
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Music
Tagline
Hurry! Here's a Hit!
Overview
After crooked nightclub owner murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house.

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Directed by
Lewis Seiler
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Music
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • love
  • found family
  • redemption
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, crime, music, romance
Directed by
Lewis Seiler
Written by
Lawrence Kimble, Michael Fessier
Starring
Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Jeffrey Lynn, Zasu Pitts, Una O'Connor, Jessie Busley, John Litel, Grant Mitchell
Music
Heinz Roemheld
Cinematography
Ernest Haller
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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